Data

U. Colorado

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering   543   565   582   571   527   396   998   1,050   1,009   983
    Science   444   454   465   441   428   339   888   918   880   865
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   169   160   164   155   140   144   197   202   205   188
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   8   15   16   12   17   8   9   6   9   7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   67   74   75   61   32   20   288   282   287   256
      Mathematics and statistics   6   6   8   7   6   2   5   9   10   8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   53   49   51   49   63   47   113   132   120   174
      Natural resources and conservation   0   1   1   0   1   1   3   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   129   136   136   141   148   109   241   232   206   191
      Psychology   6   7   5   5   5   0   9   22   23   22
      Social sciences   6   6   9   11   16   8   23   33   20   19
    Engineering   99   111   117   130   99   57   110   132   129   118
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   19   16   17   12   12   8   16   17   21   16
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   10   8   15   17   16   9   9   5   2   3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   28   24   34   26   19   25   37   44   44
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   18   18   20   22   10   0   18   16   15   18
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   10   15   18   18   16   9   16   24   22   16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   22   23   20   26   19   12   26   33   25   21
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   3   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   156   174   167   187   182   219   218   221   190   163
      Clinical medicine   129   148   138   159   153   182   183   185   162   140
      Other health   27   26   29   28   29   37   35   36   28   23

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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